JOHNSON v. CITY OF FERGUSON, MISSOURI

No. 16-1697.

864 F.3d 866 (2017)

Dorian JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee v. CITY OF FERGUSON, MISSOURI; Thomas Jackson; Darren Wilson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 25, 2017.

Corrected July 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who filed a brief and presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Robert T. Plunkert , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney also appeared on the appellant brief; Peter J. Dunne , of Saint Louis, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was James McClendon Williams , of Metairie, LA. The following attorneys appeared on the appellee brief; Daniel Renfro Brown , of Clayton, MO., Inemesit U. O'Boyle and James McClendon Williams , of Metairie, LA.

Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


Dorian Johnson sued Officer Darren Wilson, Police Chief Thomas Jackson, and the City of Ferguson, Missouri, for constitutional violations resulting from an encounter between Officer Wilson and Johnson. The district court1 denied Defendants' motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity. Defendants...

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